Visitors to Spearfish and area history buffs can experience the region in a whole new way this summer via Spearfish Canyon Tours, a venture started by Black Hills State University alumni offering a personal look at the unique features of Spearfish.

Black Hills State University-Rapid City student Kathy Martinson was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from TourismCares, recently.

Martinson, a business administration-tourism and hospitality management major from Rapid City, received the TourismCares 2015 International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) Ronald A. Santana Scholarship.